Spinning Wiper of Cosmetic Container

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a spinning wiper of a cosmetic container, including: an outer body detachably mounted on an inlet of a cosmetic container body; and an inner body shaft-coupled to the inner diameter of the outer body in such a manner as to insert a brush rod coupled at one end thereof to an applicator through which a cosmetic liquid is applied thereinto, the inner body being idle to correspond with the outer shape of the brush rod. According to the spinning wiper of the cosmetic container, even though the brush rod does not have any circular sectional shape, the inner body is rotated to correspond with the outer shape of the brush rod in such a manner as to naturally find the coupling position to the brush rod at the time when the brush rod enters the inner body.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119 and/or 365 ofRepublic of Korea Application No. 10-2012-0076398 filed on Jul. 13, 2012entitled “SPINNING WIPER OF COSMETIC CONTAINER”. The contents of theabove-identified Application is relied upon and incorporated herein byreference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field

The present invention relates to a spinning wiper of a cosmeticcontainer, and more particularly, to a spinning wiper of a cosmeticcontainer that is configured to have an inner body shaft-coupled inidleable manner to the inner diameter of an outer body detachablymounted on an inlet of a cosmetic container body, so that even though abrush rod does not have any circular sectional shape, the inner body isrotated to correspond with the outer shape of the brush rod in such amanner as to naturally find the coupling position to the brush rod atthe time when the brush rod enters the inner body.

2. Background of the Related Art

So as to apply a cosmetic liquid such as lip gloss, eye liner, eyeshadow, manicure and so on, generally, a separate brush is used to coatthe cosmetic liquid filled into a cosmetic container thereon, andalternatively, a brush and a brush rod, which are formed integrally witha cap, are submerged into the cosmetic liquid at the time when the capis locked to allow the cosmetic liquid to be coated on the brush.

When she cosmetic liquid coated on the brush is applied, if the quantityof cosmetic liquid coated on the brush is excessive, it may flow alongthe brush rod or may fall down, thereby making it inconvenient to use.

Accordingly, a wiper is provided to allow the outer diameter of thebrush rod to be compressedly passed through the cosmetic container,thereby removing the cosmetic liquid from the brush rod.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a cosmetic container in which a wiperis adopted in a conventional practice, and FIG. 2 is an enlargedsectional view showing the wiper in the conventional, practice.

As shown, the cosmetic container in the conventional practice largelyincludes a cosmetic container body 20 into which a cosmetic liquid isfilled and a cap 30 coupled to the cosmetic container body 20.

The cap 30 has an applicator 33 mounted on the end of a brush rod 31extended by a given length therefrom, and the cosmetic liquid is appliedby means of the applicator 33.

At this time, the cosmetic container body 20 has a wiper 10 mounted onthe inlet of the upper end periphery thereof, through which the brushrod 31 of the cap 30 is compressedly passed, against the outerperipheral surface thereof, thereby removing the cosmetic liquid fromthe brush rod 31.

According to the conventional practice, however, the wiper 10 is made tocorrespond with the sectional shape of the brush rod 31, and thus, ifthe sectional shape of the brush rod 31 is not circular, the brush rod31 has a given direction upon the insertion thereof, so that the brushrod 31 is inserted into the cosmetic container body 20 only in the statewhere the direction of the brush rod 31 corresponds with that of thewiper 10, which causes many inconveniences in use.

So as to suppress the inconveniences in use, accordingly, all kinds ofwipers are made uniformly to a circular shape, having no correspondencewith the outer shape of the brush rod 31. In this case, however, thecosmetic liquid coated on the outer surface of the brush rod 31 is notcompletely removed at the time when the brush rod 31 is drawn from thecosmetic container body 20, thereby causing the cosmetic liquid to beunnecessarily consumed or making the outer peripheral surface of thecosmetic container body 20 undesirably unsanitary.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of theabove-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an objectof the present invention to provide a spinning wiper of a cosmeticcontainer that is configured to have an inner body shaft-coupled inidleable manner to the inner diameter of an outer body detachablymounted on an inlet of a cosmetic container body, so that even though abrush rod does not have any circular sectional shape, the inner body isrotated to correspond with the outer shape of the brush rod in such amanner as to naturally find, the coupling position to the brush rod atthe time when the brush rod enters the inner body.

To accomplish the above object, according to a first aspect of thepresent invention, there is provided a spinning wiper of a cosmeticcontainer, including: an outer body detachably mounted on an inlet of acosmetic container body; and an inner body shaft-coupled to the innerdiameter of the outer body in such a manner as to insert a brush rodcoupled at one end thereof to an applicator through which a cosmeticliquid is applied thereinto, the inner body being idle to correspondwith the outer shape of the brush rod.

According to the present invention, desirably, the outer body is formedof a tube-shaped body and has a first rotation guiding portion formedthereon in such a manner as to allow the inner body to be rotatablycoupled thereto, an upper protruding portion formed on the upperperiphery thereof in such a manner as to be mounted on the top endperiphery of the inlet of the cosmetic container body, and a lowerprotruding portion formed on the lower periphery thereof in such amanner as to fixingly compress the inner peripheral surface of the inletof the cosmetic container body.

According to the present invention, desirably, the first rotationguiding portion is formed on the end portion of an elastic piece made byincising the outer body to a shape of “

”.

According to the present invention, desirably, the inner body is formedof a tube-shaped body rotatably shaft-coupled to the inner diameter ofthe outer body and has a hopper-shaped brush rod entering portion formedon the inner diameter upper portion thereof, a brush rod compressingportion extended from the end of the lower portion of the brush rodentering portion to elastically compress the outer surface of the brushrod, and a second rotation guiding portion formed on the outerperipheral surface thereof in such a manner as to be fittedly coupled tothe first rotation guiding portion of the outer body.

According to the present invention, desirably, the sectional shape ofthe brush rod compressing portion has a plurality of different diametersfrom the center thereof.

To accomplish the above object, according to a second aspect of thepresent invention, there is provided a spinning wiper of a cosmeticcontainer, including an inner body shaft-coupled in idleable manner tothe inner diameter of an inlet of a cosmetic container body, so thatwhen a brush rod coupled at one end thereof to an applicator throughwhich a cosmetic liquid is applied is passed through the inner body, theinner body is idle to correspond with the outer snaps of the brush rod.

According to the present invention, desirably, the inner body is formedof a tube-shaped body rotatably shaft-coupled to the inner diameter ofthe inlet of the cosmetic container body and has a hopper-shaped brushrod entering portion formed on the inner diameter upper portion thereof,a brush rod compressing portion extended from the end of the lowerportion of the brush rod entering portion to elastically compress theouter surface of the brush rod, and a second rotation guiding portionformed on the outer peripheral surface thereof in such a manner as to befittedly coupled to a third rotation guiding portion of the inlet of thecosmetic container body.

According to the present invention, desirably, the sectional shape ofthe brush rod compressing portion has a plurality of different diametersfrom the center thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the presentinvention will be apparent from the following detailed description ofthe preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a cosmetic container in which a wiperis adopted in a conventional practice;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing the wiper in theconventional practice;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where a spinningwiper of a cosmetic container according to a first embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to a cosmetic container body;

FIG. 4 is a cutaway sectional view showing the spinning wiper of thecosmetic container according to the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view showing a state where the spinningwiper of the cosmetic container according to the first embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to the cosmetic container body;

FIG. 6 is a bottom perspective view showing an example where thespinning wiper of the cosmetic container according to the firstembodiment of the present invention is coupled to a brush rod;

FIGS. 7 a to 7 c are plan views showing variations of a brush rodcompressing portion of the spinning wiper of the cosmetic containeraccording to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 8 a to 8 d are plan views showing variations of the brush rod ofthe spinning wiper of the cosmetic container according to the firstembodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 9 is a cutaway perspective view showing a state where a spinningwiper of a cosmetic container according to a second embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to a cosmetic container body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Hereinafter, an explanation on a spinning wiper of a cosmetic containeraccording to the present invention will be in detail given withreference to the attached drawing.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where a spinningwiper of a cosmetic container according to a first embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to a cosmetic container body, FIG. 4 is acutaway sectional view showing the spinning wiper of the cosmeticcontainer according to the first embodiment of the present invention,FIG. 5 is a cutaway perspective view showing a state where the spinningwiper of the cosmetic container according to the first embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to the cosmetic container body, and FIG. 6is a bottom perspective view showing an example where the spinning wiperof the cosmetic container according to the first embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to a brush rod.

As shown, a spinning wiper of a cosmetic container according to thepresent invention is coupled to an inlet 130 of a cosmetic containerbody. At this time, a cosmetic liquid like a mascara liquid, lip glossand so on is filled in the cosmetic container body.

The cosmetic liquid filled in the cosmetic container body is applied bymeans of a brush rod 140 as shown in FIG. 6. At this time, an applicator(not shown) such as bristles or sponges is mounted at the end of thebrush rod 140, on which the cosmetic liquid is coated for application.

Further, the brush rod 140 is coupled to a cap detachably mounted on theinlet 130 of the cosmetic container body, and the cap serves as a handlefor use of the brush rod 140.

In normal cases, the brush rod 140 and the applicator are kept immersedinto the cosmetic liquid contained in the cosmetic container body, butif make-up is needed, they are drawn from the cosmetic container body.

At this time, the brush rod 140 and the applicator are passed through awiper coupled along the inlet 130 of the cosmetic container body, and inthis case, the wiper serves to compress the outer surface of the brushrod 140 and the applicator thereagainst, thereby wiping the cosmeticliquid coated on the brush rod 140 and the applicator.

The cosmetic liquid on the outer surface of the brush rod 140 afterpassing through the wiper is cleanly removed to permit only a quantityof cosmetic liquid adequate to the make-up to remain on the applicator.

Through the formation of the wiper, like this, the pollution of thecosmetic container as well as the unnecessary consumption of thecosmetic liquid are prevented.

How, an explanation on a configuration of a spinning wiper according tothe present invention will be given.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the spinning wiper according to the presentinvention includes a double coupling structure in which an outer body110 is detachably mounted on the inlet 130 of the cosmetic containerbody and an inner body 120 is shaft-coupled in idleable manner to theinner diameter of the outer body 110.

The outer body 110 will be first explained. The outer body 110 is formedof a tube-shaped body having a first rotation guiding portion 111 formedthereon.

at this time, the first rotation guiding portion 111 is formed of around groove or protrusion formed along the inner peripheral surface ofthe outer body 110.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the first rotation guiding portion111 is formed to have a protruded structure on the end portion of anelastic piece made by incising the outer body 110 to a shape of “

”. At this time, the protruded structure may foe a hook-shapedprotrusion.

As a result, the first rotation guiding portion 111 is elasticallydeformed and pushed when the inner body 120 is shaft-coupled to theinner diameter of the outer body 110.

The first rotation guiding portion ill being pushed is facingly coupledto a second rotation guiding portion 125 formed on the inner body 120,thereby returning to its original position, guiding a rotation motionpath of the inner body 120, and preventing the axial, deviation of theinner body 120.

At this time, the second rotation guiding portion 125 coupled facinglyto the first rotation guiding portion 111 has a round groove orprotrusion, and the round groove type second rotation guiding portion125 is formed in FIGS. 3 to 7.

Further, the outer body 110 has an upper protruding portion 113 formedon the upper periphery thereof in such a manner as to be mounted on thetop end periphery of the inlet 130 of the cosmetic container body. Theupper protruding portion 113 is formed of a round band to prevent theouter body 110 from being further inserted into the inlet 130 of thecosmetic container body and also to form a boundary point at which theouter body 110 is separated from the inlet 130 of the cosmetic containerbody.

Furthermore, the outer body 110 has a lower protruding portion 115formed on the lower periphery thereof in such a manner as to fixinglycompress the inner peripheral surface of the inlet 130 of the cosmeticcontainer body.

At this time, the lower protruding portion 115 is formed of a pluralityof elastic pieces made by incising the lower peripheral surface of theouter body 110 in a vertical direction, and the elastic pieces have aprotruded structure. At this time, the protruded structure may foe ahook-shaped protrusion.

The lower protruding portion 115 is elastically deformed and pushed whenthe outer body 110 is coupled to the inner diameter of the inlet 130 ofthe cosmetic container body.

The lower protruding portion 115 continuously pressurises the innerperipheral surface of the inlet 130 of the cosmetic container body toprovide a fixing force by which the outer body 110 is not easily escapedfrom the inlet 130 of the cosmetic container body.

The inner body 120 is idle to correspond with the outer shape of thebrush rod 140 at the time when the brush rod 140 is inserted.

The inner body 120 has a tube-shaped body rotatably shaft-coupled to theinner diameter of the outer body 110 and has a hopper-shaped brush rodentering portion 121 formed on the inner diameter upper portion thereof.

The brush rod entering portion 121 has a larger diameter than thediameters of the brush rod 140 and the applicator, thereby stablyguiding their initial entering. Further, a brush rod compressing portion123 is extended from the end of the lower portion of the brush rodentering portion 121.

The brush rod compressing portion 123 elastically compresses the outersurface of the brush rod 140 to wash the cosmetic liquid coated on thebrush rod 140 and the applicator.

Moreover, the inner body 120 has the second rotation guiding portion 125formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof in such a manner as to befittedly coupled to the first rotation guiding portion ill. The secondrotation guiding portion 125 may be formed of a round groove orprotrusion.

The brush rod compressing portion 123 is made to a round shape or othershapes in accordance with the outer shapes of the brush rod 140.

The sectional shapes of the brush rod 140 and the brush rod compressingportion 123 may be formed to have a plurality of different diametersfrom the center of the section.

FIGS. 7 a to 7 c are plan views showing variations of a brush rodcompressing portion of the spinning wiper of the cosmetic containeraccording to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the brush rod compressing portion 123 of the inner body 120 ofthe spinning wiper according to the present invention may haverectangular, square, and oval shapes.

FIGS. 8 a to 8 d are plan views showing variations of the brush rod ofthe spinning wiper of the cosmetic container according to the firstembodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 8 a shows the brushrod 140 having a square section, FIG. 8 b shows the brush rod 140 havinga rectangular section, FIG. 8 c shows the brush rod 140 having atriangular section, and FIG. 8 d shows the brush rod 140 having asection of a polygon whose each side is curved.

According to the present invention, the inner body 120 is shaft-coupledin the idleable manner to the inner diameter of the outer body 110detachably mounted on the inlet 130 of the cosmetic container body, sothat even though the brush rod 140 does not hare any circular sectionalshape, the inner body 120 is rotated to correspond with the outer shapeof the brush rod 140 in such a manner as to naturally find the couplingposition to the brush rod 140 at the time when the brush rod 140 entersthe inner body 120.

According to the present invention, accordingly, there is noinconvenience caused by the insertion of the brush rod only in the statewhere the outer shape of the brush rod corresponds with that of thewiper in the conventional practice, thereby providing many conveniencesin use.

FIG. 9 is a cutaway perspective view snowing a state where a spinningwiper of a cosmetic container according to a second embodiment of thepresent invention is coupled to a cosmetic container body, and as shown,an inner body 120 is shaft-coupled in idleable manner to the innerdiameter of an inlet 130 of a cosmetic container body, so that when abrush rod 140 coupled at one end thereof to an applicator through whicha cosmetic liquid is applied is passed through the inner body 120, theinner body 120 is idle to correspond with the outer shape of the brushrod 140.

At this time, the inner body 120 is formed of a tube-shaped bodyrotatably shaft-coupled to the inner diameter of the inlet 130 of thecosmetic container body and has a hopper-shaped brush rod enteringportion 121 formed on the inner diameter upper portion thereof. Further,the inner body 120 has a brush rod compressing portion 123 extended fromthe end of the lower portion of the brush rod entering portion 121 toelastically compress the outer surface of the brush rod 140 and a secondrotation guiding portion 125 formed on the outer peripheral surfacethereof in such a manner as to be fittedly coupled to a third rotationguiding portion 131 of the inlet 130 of the cosmetic container body.

At this time, the second rotation guiding portion 125 may be formed of around groove or protrusion, and the round groove structure is shown inFIG. 9.

Moreover, the third rotation guiding portion 131 is formed along theinner peripheral surface of the inlet 130 of the cosmetic containerbody, which may be formed of a round groove or protrusion. FIG. 9 showsthe third rotation guiding portion 131 having the round groovestructure.

The sectional shape of the brush rod compressing portion 123 may beformed of a triangular, square, rectangular, or oval shape having aplurality of different diameters from the center thereof.

As described above, according to the present invention, the inner bodyis shaft-coupled in idleable manner to the inner diameter of the outerbody detachably mounted on the inlet of the cosmetic container body, sothat even though the brush rod does not have any circular sectionalshape, the inner body is rotated to correspond with the outer shape ofthe brush rod in such a manner as to naturally find the couplingposition to the brush rod at the time when the brush rod enters theinner body, thereby avoiding inconveniences caused by inserting thebrush rod only in the state where the outer shape of the brush rodcorresponds with that of the wiper in the conventional practice and thusproviding many conveniences in use.

While the present invention has been described with reference to theparticular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by theembodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciatedthat those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodimentswithout departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A spinning wiper of a cosmetic container,comprising: an outer body (110) detachably mounted on an inlet (130) ofa cosmetic container body; and an inner body (120) shaft-coupled to theinner diameter of the outer body (110) in such a manner as to insert abrush rod (140) coupled at one end thereof to an applicator throughwhich a cosmetic liquid is applied thereinto, the inner body (120) beingidle to correspond with the outer shape of the brush rod (140).
 2. Thespinning wiper of a cosmetic container according to claim 1, wherein theouter body (110) is formed of a tube-shaped body and has a firstrotation guiding portion (111) formed thereon in such a manner as toallow the inner body (120) to be rotatably coupled thereto, an upperprotruding portion (113) formed on the upper periphery thereof in such amanner as to be mounted on the top end periphery of the inlet (130) ofthe cosmetic container body, and a lower protruding portion (115) formedon the lower periphery thereof in such a manner as to fixingly compressthe inner peripheral surface of the inlet (130) of the cosmeticcontainer body.
 3. The spinning wiper of a cosmetic container accordingto claim 2, wherein the first rotation guiding portion (ill) is formedon the end portion of an elastic piece made by incising the outer body(110) to a shape of “

”.
 4. The spinning wiper of a cosmetic container according to claim 1,wherein the inner body (120) is formed of a tube-shaped body rotatablyshaft-coupled to the inner diameter of the outer body (110) and has ahopper-shaped brush rod entering portion (121) formed on the innerdiameter upper portion thereof, a brush rod compressing portion (123)extended from the end of the lower portion of the brash rod enteringportion (121) to elastically compress the outer surface of the brush rod(140), and a second rotation guiding portion (125) formed on the outerperipheral surface thereof in such a manner as to be fittedly coupled tothe first rotation guiding portion (111) of the outer body (110).
 5. Thespinning wiper of a cosmetic container according to claim 4, wherein thesectional shape of the brush rod compressing portion (123) has aplurality of different diameters from the center thereof.
 6. A spinningwiper of a cosmetic container, comprising an inner body (120)shaft-coupled in idleable manner to the inner diameter of an inlet (130)of a cosmetic container body, so that when a brush rod (140) coupled atone end thereof to an applicator through which a cosmetic liquid isapplied is passed through the inner body (120), the inner body (120) isidle to correspond with the outer shape of the brush rod (140).
 7. Thespinning wiper of a cosmetic container according to claim 6, wherein theinner body (120) is formed of a tube-shaped body rotatably shaft-coupledto the inner diameter of the inlet (130) of the cosmetic container bodyand has a hopper-shaped brush rod entering portion (121) formed on theinner diameter upper portion thereof, a brush rod compressing portion(123) extended from the end of the lower portion of the brush rodentering portion (121) to elastically compress the outer surface of thebrush rod (140), and a second rotation guiding portion (125) formed onthe outer peripheral surface thereof in such a manner as to be fittedlycoupled to a third rotation guiding portion (131) of the inlet (130) ofthe cosmetic container body.
 8. The spinning wiper of a cosmeticcontainer according to claim 7, wherein the sectional shape of the brushrod compressing portion (123) has a plurality of different diametersfrom the center thereof.